Manningham News

Council rates go up around 4 to 6% each year (see pages 15 and 16 of the Financial Strategy). This increase is nearly twice that of the CPI.

CPI is 2.7% and measures the annual increase in the price of your milk, bread, vegetables, paper, pens and ... Read more »

Please refer to Manningham Council's 'Council Plan 2012-2017' and 'Financial Strategy 2013-2023' documents.

How does our council plan it's finances?

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Please refer to Manningham Council's 'Council Plan 2012-2017' and 'Financial Strategy 2013-2023' documents.

Our council keeps telling us about their prudent management, their financial stability and their financial sustainability. These are all very impressive but what they mean is not ... Read more »

Please see Manningham's 'Council Plan 2012-2017' and 'Financial Strategy 2013-2023'.

Our council pads the invoices, fiddles numbers and rounds numbers up to maximize the money they take from ratepayers.

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Please see Manningham's 'Council Plan 2012-2017' and 'Financial Strategy 2013-2023' and also the prior years budget.

When an unplanned expense comes up, what does our council do? Turn to the ratepayers again and bill them for it, off course!

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